Taxpayer abortion funding resumes as anti‑funding law expires on July 4
Federal Medicaid can again pay for abortions after the law barring taxpayer funding expired on the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Abortion is again funded with federal tax dollars through Medicaid after the legislation that prohibited taxpayer funding of abortions expired on July 4, the 250th anniversary of the United States. With the lapse of that law, federal Medicaid is once more able to cover abortions pending any new legislative action.